TOP 10 Most Expensive Houses In The World That You Didn't Even Know About - The $1 Billion Houses & Their Owners

If you are curious about finding some of the greatest, largest, most expensive houses & exquisite buildings in the world that are on the market today, then you are in the right spot. Let’s begin the top, shall we?

 

# 10. 17 Upper Phillimore Gardens

• Location: London
• Structure: 10-bedroom mansion, underground swimming pool, sauna, gym, cinema, panic room.
• Interior Design: Covered in marble & gold, and decorated with priceless artworks.
• Owner: Olena Pinchuk, founder of ANTIAIDS Foundation
• Price: Mansion estimated at $128 million.

 

# 9. Kensington Palace

• Location: in the Billionaires Row of London, and is extremely ornate.
• Owner: Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire, owner of the investment firm Millhouse LLC,  Chelsea Football Club of the English Premier League
• Valuation:$140 million.

 

# 8. Seven The Pinnacle

• Location: in Big Sky of Montana,
• Structure: the largest property in Yellowstone Club, It’s a private ski & golf community for the royal personalities & rich people. This house has heated floors, several pools, gym, a wine cellar, and his own ski lift.
• Owners:  Edra and Tim Blixseth
• Price: $155 million.

 

# 7. Hearst Castle

• Location: San Simeon in California and is a 27-bedroom castle.
• Structure: 27-bedroom castle, featured in movie: The Godfather & host to many of the most celebrated people, like Clark Gable, Winston Churchill, John & Jackie Kennedy, etc.
• Owner: William Randolph Hearst’s trustee
• Valuation: $191 million.

 

# 6. Ellison Estate

• Location: Woodside in California
• Structure: 10 buildings, having a man-made lake, a koi pond, a bath house and a tea house.
• Owner: Larry Ellison,  Co-founder of Oracle, third richest man of 2013 by Forbes.
• Valuation: $200 million.

 

# 5. 18-19 Kensington Palace Gardens

• Location: London
• Structure: luxurious building on Billionaires Row, near the house of Prince William & Kate Middleton.
• Details: 12 bedrooms, a Turkish bath, an indoor pool & a parking space with a capacity of 20 cars.
• Owner: Lakshmi Mittal, the head of the largest manufacturer Arcelor Mittal, is one of Forbes’ 100 richest Indians. 
• Valuation: $222 million.

 

# 4. Four Fairfield Pond

• Location: Sagaponack at New York, this palace is spread over an area of 63 acres,
• Structure: 29 bedrooms + power plant, 39 bathrooms, 91-foot long dining room, basketball court, a bowling alley, tennis courts, squash courts.
• Owner: Ira Rennert who owns also the Renco Group.
• Price: $248.5 million.

 

# 3. Villa Leopolda

• Location: located at Cote D’Azure in France, spread over an area of 50 acres
• Owner: a Brazilian philanthropist, Lily Safra
• Price: $750 billion.

 

# 2. Antilia

• Location: Mumbai in India
• Structure: Having an untraditional architecture, with 27-story modern palace, 6 underground parking floors, 3 helicopter pads, and requires a staff of 600 people to maintain it.
• Owner: Mukesh Ambani, the richest man of India, and owner of the Reliance Group of Companies.
• Price: $1 billion.

 

# 1. Buckingham Palace

• Location: London
• Details: it is the residence of the Queen of England
• Structure: it has 775 rooms, including 188 staff rooms, 78 bathrooms, 52 bedrooms, 19 state rooms and 92 offices.
• Owner: British Sovereign, currently Queen Elizabeth II who has been ruling since 1952.
• PRICE: $1.55 billion

 

So, that’s it folks, those are the TOP most expensive houses on this planet, feel free to let us know which one do you like more and also why?